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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The higher the BMR a client has --






2. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






3. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






4. How many calories/gram is protein?






5. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






7. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






8. What is the function of vitamin C?






9. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






10. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






11. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






12. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






13. What type of people need extra protein?






14. Where can you get more vitamin D?






15. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






16. What is RDA of protein?






17. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






18. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






19. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






20. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






21. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






22. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






23. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






24. What foods have high quality protein?






25. What is normal albumin levels?






26. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






27. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






28. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






29. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






30. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






31. Fats can lead to some medical problems






32. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






33. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






34. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






35. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






36. When does BMR decrease?






37. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






38. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






40. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






41. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






42. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






43. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






44. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






45. What function is vitamin D?






46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






47. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






48. What are healthy sources of fats?






49. What is normal BMI?






50. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies